Plutonium; Chapter 7 of The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements. LA-UR-05-7306
Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2006. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. iv, 452 pages. Black and White Illustrations. Formula. Diagrams. References. Single Volume/Chapter 7 ONLY. SIGNED BY ALL FOUR AUTHORS ON PAGE "i". Front corner of cover and of several pages creased at bottom. This Los Alamos report is the result of a three year effort by the authors to compile a contemporary treatment of the chemistry of plutonium for publication as Chapter 7 in the third edition of the five volume set, The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements (CATE). As part of this reports the authors have included an abridged discussion of the metallurgy and physicals of plutonium. References to other chapters within this report refer to the larger work of CATE. Siegfried S. Hecker (born October 2, 1943) is an American metallurgist and nuclear scientist. He served as the Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1986 till 1997. More